# SCOTT MELLOR — Courses & Reviews | UW–Madison

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## Dataset

### revision

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### built at

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### term

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### departments

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| SURGERY   | 25    |
| SURGSCI   | 33    |
| THEATRE   | 91    |
| URBRPL    | 60    |
| UROLOGY   | 5     |
| ZOOLOGY   | 89    |

## instructor

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### name

SCOTT MELLOR

### first observed at

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### last observed at

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### ratings

#### review count

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#### quality

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#### difficulty

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#### difficulty count

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## history

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## timeline

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## term

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## courses

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## reviews

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    "comment": "Engaging lecturer, very knowledgeable about Scandinavian folklore. Sometimes grading seemed unclear and ambiguous. Mini essays due every week. Be warned that this class does require a lot of reading to be done prior to class, but no exams or final. ",
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    "comment": "Really engaging lecturer, I never missed lecture once. Sometimes grading and late policy seemed really ambiguous, probably ended up hurting people more than helping and was more of a pain to grade for him. Mini essay every week. Made a stink about failing people who used Ai, but one of my groupmates clearly did the entire semester and got away w it",
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### courses

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